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1.00 Credits
These courses both present a number of films from different countries, for the most part from within mainstream cinema. The films all have one thing in common: they examine the lives of people and peoples in different circumstances, and see how people and peoples in question understand those circumstances and make sense of their own lives.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to cultural anthropology: in particular, the concept of culture and how it interpenetrates various domains of organization and activity - such as adaptation, subsistence, economy, politics, and kinship ? C in a wide variety of societies and groups. Changing theoretical approaches, fieldwork, ethnography, cross-cultural analysis and comparisons, complex society, and local-regional-global perspectives will all be addressed. This course meets the cultures requirement for general education requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This course pursues themes in cultural anthropology from a variety of domains to focus on how these compare and, especially, contrast in different cultures. Some of the topics to be addressed will include political systems, gender practices, religious beliefs, artistic performance and expression, and reactions to globalization. The main goals are for students to develop an appreciation of diversity among cultures and cultural groups, and understand differences in life conditions. This course meets the cultures requirement for general education requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the worlds of different cultures, and how they have been portrayed, primarily through the medium of ethnographic film. The films will be about different cultures and situations, by different filmmakers, and stylistically different. A wide variety of topics will be covered, including: the ways that anthropologists and filmmakers have collaborated, how cultures are represented on film, what happens when anthropology comes to television, and changes in who is represented, by whom, and how. Examples of themes that could be dealt with in the films include: hunting and gathering, migration, music, refugees, and gender issues. This course meets the cultures requirement for general education requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the variety of political understandings, processes, and systems that have existed and exist in nonstate societies, and state societies at both the centers and the margins of power. We will look at the agents, structures, and institutions of power, choosing examples from a few different societies to highlight cultural variability in the practice of politics. Prerequisite: one previous anthropology course or consent of instructor. This course meets the cultures requirement for general education requirements.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the visual arts through study of the elements of art, the various art forms and a chronological study of art history.
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3.00 Credits
A foundation course in drawing media and techniques, focusing on the study of objects and natural forms in problems of analysis and composition. Note: There is a lab fee for this course.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the elements and principles of design. It will explore the role of visual elements and design practices in various cultural, historical and political contexts, and will emphasize the processes and techniques of graphics design and production.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the technical aspects of oil painting, such as stretching canvas, mixing and applying paint, composition and idea development. Note: There is a lab fee for this course. Prerequisite: ART 110.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the development of Western art from the prehistoric period to the Renaissance.
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